The police detectives attached to Ilese Division in Ijebu area of Ogun State on
Sunday, May 11 arrested five suspected robbers who robbed a shop at Duduyemi
Complex Ilese Ijebu in April 2014.
This is contained in a statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi.
The suspected robbers had earlier attacked the shopping complex and carted away many phones and items worth N1m belonging to the complainant(name withheld) before they escaped.
The detectives placed the suspects under surveillance in all areas including social media before one Omobadejo Benjamin who resides in Abeokuta, Ogun State was tracked down with one of the BB PINs and eventually arrested.
The felon claimed to have bought the Curve 3 Blackberry from one Adebanjo Adeyinka of Soyoye area Abeokuta for N5,000. Adeyinka was also arrested by the police. While conducting a search in Adeyinka’s house, many phones including blackberry, iPhones, flash drives, modems were recovered from him.
The complainant was able to identify the items belonging to him immediately.
Adeyinka also claimed to have got the items from one Tunde in Lagos State. Police detectives proceeded to Lagos where additional three suspects were arrested in connection with the robbery.
Efforts are in top gear to apprehend all suspects connected with the case wherever they are.
The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, CP Ikemefuna Okoye, has directed the detectives to work hard in order to apprehend other suspects and recover the items while their arms and ammunition are recovered as well.
The Commissioner also commended the complainant for his cooperation with the police.
He assured thegeneral public of the command’s commitment to investigate cases brought to the police with all sense of dignity, fairness and transparency with a view to achieving effective policing of Ogun State.
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